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ABC Becomes Pawn of Religious Right

October 2, 2005October 2, 2005 John abc, extreme makover, focus on the family, home edition, illegal campaign contributions, james dobson, religious right, sears, tv, Ty Pennington, wingnuts

I have learned from an article on Daily Kos that on tonight’s episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, will be an extended advertisement for James Dobson’s group, Focus On The Family.

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Once Again A Call To Methodist Bishops to Denouce Torture

September 28, 2005August 25, 2009 John bishop, bishops, government, government sponsored torture, Iraq, methodism, methodist, Religion, religious, religious leaders, torture, War

I have, several times in the past, called on the U.S. Bishops of the United Methodist Church, to write George Bush and denounce the practice of government sponsored torture. To the best of my knowledge, only five have done so. In light of the recent revelations, I am, again, calling on these Christian leaders to denounce toture. I will be much aggressive this time in that I plan to make a phone call to each.

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Tom Delay Indicted

September 28, 2005September 28, 2005 John

It seems everyone paying attention to politics had to know this indictment was coming. Tom Delay has been up to his elbows in at least unethical if not illegal activities for a very long time. Sooner or later, it has to catch up to you.

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Why Progressives Hate George Bush?

September 27, 2005 John

By any objective standard, this administration is a dismal failure and has made a mockery of all the things I love about America. Things like fair elections, habeus corpus, privacy, separation of church and state, care for the less fortunate, protecting our homeland, respecting the environment, curbing the power of corporations, standing for human rights, transparency in government, respect for our military, and so many many more. Bush is steering our country back to the pre-New Deal rich-man’s playground of the Robber Baron era, while simultaneously squandering any post-9/11 worldwide goodwill and alienating what few allies we have left.

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White House May Have Torpedoed Abramoff Corruption Probe

September 27, 2005September 27, 2005 John abramoff, Corruption, investigation, justice department, lobbyist, probe, U.S. Attorney

In November 2002, the U.S. attorney in Guam, Frederick A. Black, notified Justice Department officials that he was opening an investigation into Jack Abramoff’s lobbying activities with Guam judges. Days later, Black was demoted and barred from pursuing public corruption cases, ending his investigation.